err lots of fast riding on a hot day leading to pulling up at 'home' in a vague cloud of blueish smoke and some oil dripping isn't necessairly a bad sign is it? I'll go see how much oil there is on the floor in 10 mins or so. <wibble> -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~|~ ZZR1100 - tagline being developed V2300 - flat cap and rug ~|~ VS800 - borked MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003
Check it's not coming out of the gearbox seal. I had one of those go on the SV and it wasn't fun. Felt like I had a flat tyre, looked in the mirror and saw clouds of smoke. It was the oil coming out of the gearbox, onto the hot downpipe and then landing on the road nicely in front of the back tyre. As soon as you stop the engine there wasn't enough pressure so the leak sealed itself.
muddycat wrote: "some". there's about a desert spoon full of il on the floor after nearly 40 minutes of the bike standing: http://www.darkwings.co.uk/oildrips.jpg The oil level is just a faeries smidgen above the minimum line - so, tomorrow I will mostly be bimbling to locate some m/c oil. <phew> -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~|~ ZZR1100 - tagline being developed V2300 - flat cap and rug ~|~ VS800 - borked MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Doesnotcompute Erm... It's not great. Have you fucked it *already*? FWIW, it (usually) uses very little oil. Where's the oil dripping from? Well, quite. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
Sales of goods act I reckon... ;o) oh. Somewhere behind all that plastic. You're not helping. -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~|~ ZZR1100 - tagline being developed V2300 - flat cap and rug ~|~ VS800 - borked MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Doesnotcompute Regrettably the full and comprehensive warranty is automatically invalidated if the motorcycle is used in any way illegally (including exceeding the posted speed limit). "That's my style, man...". -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: Heh - I think you'd find that retroactively applying that wouldn't hold water. or oil alas it stopped leaking after that picture. so I just took it as far as the petrol station, stuck most of a litre of 10/40 synth bike oil in. Got back and it's dripping again. <sigh> Looks like it's coming from low down and almost certainly towards the right hand side of the bike. Please tell me the oil filter/sump plug are on the RHS? Also - do you happen to know if the toolkit under the seat has the right stuff to remove the fairing panel and take a look? Tomorrow, I are mostly.... -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~|~ ZZR1100 - tagline being developed V2300 - flat cap and rug ~|~ VS800 - borked MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Doesnotcompute The sump plug and filter housing are both in the middle. Bear in mind that the oil filter was changed just before you took it away. It's *possible* that the filter cover needs tweaking up a bit, but I would have expected that to show before now. You should only need a pozidrive screwdriver and a (IIRC) 5mm allen key. Then a 17mm socket for the plug and filter housing. *Don't* overtighten them. Really, really, *don't*. Seriously, good luck. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: Course, what I'm seeing dripping is probably off the lowest point of the fram/zorts etc, so the RHS thing could be a purple kipper. YEs, that's what makes me a little concerned :/ Lordy I hope so. troo nuff. Although maybe the high speed warm weather had some sort of vibrating expansion/contraction effect to create a gap somewhere. Happen to know if these are included under the seat? I've not looked yet, but don't have any other tools here, bar a leatherman. Spose I'll find out in the morning.. Oh *joy*. Thanks - I can't be doing without it at the moment. -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~|~ ZZR1100 - tagline being developed V2300 - flat cap and rug ~|~ VS800 - borked MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Doesnotcompute I really can't remember. The 17mm spanner / socket is unlikely, I think. I mean it mate. strip either of those threads and you're *fucked*. Top tip. Get the fairing panel off, clean the whole shebang up well with a degreaser (washing up liquid and hot water at a pinch), then dust the area lightly with talcum powder. That'll make spotting the origin of the leak much easier. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
True enough. I'll make some phone calls /before/ I start doing anything too much like hard work. <lalalala> we do positive mental attitude round these parts mate. (but thanks for the heads up, if they don't turn easily I'll leave them well alone). Cunning - I like your style. And yes, washing up liquid and water is the most likely substance, assuming the hotel don's object to me doing this in the carpark and are happy to lend me a bucket etc (I'm sure they'll be fine). Is this fairing one of those mythical ones I hear about that takes 26 hours to strip despite only having 5 bolts holding it together? -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~|~ ZZR1100 - tagline being developed V2300 - flat cap and rug ~|~ VS800 - borked MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Doesnotcompute Heh. No. Go in from the RHS. There are some screws along the join line with the top section, remove these last. There are two allen bolts, the lower of these has a spacer behind it to keep it away from the exhaust. Watch you don't lose that. There's a screw at the front lower bit and one holding a bar joining the rear part of the fairing. Once you got all the fasteners out, you need to sort of "wiggle" it out past the horn. That's not too tricky, but needs a little bit of care. You can then (if you want to) remove the LHS (you don't need to to access the oil filter housing). Have you got the Haynes BoL with you? -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: TFFT. What was that word you used earlier? Oh yes. Pshaw. -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~|~ ZZR1100 - tagline being developed V2300 - flat cap and rug ~|~ VS800 - borked MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, tallbloke <G> Well, it'll pass the time while he waits for the breakdown service. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
Sounds similar to a fault I had on the Divvy a few months ago. Got the bike back after a gear box repair and when I got home there was oil dripping, after about 30 mins it stopped. Checked the bike in the morning - no leak. Took it back to the garage and it was leaking. Found to be a faulty o-ring on one of the pipes connected to the oil cooler.